Railroad-crossing



(No Model.)

P. C. WE'IR.

RAILROAD CROSSING. No. 249,707. Patented Nov. 15,1881.

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FREDRIO O. WEIR, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

RAILROAD-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,707', datedNovember 15, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDnIc G. WEIR, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Railroad- Crossings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of crossings which are constructed ofrails.

Figure 1 is a plan of vmy invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation online .fr a', Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on line y y,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on line z z, Fig. 1., withcorner-piece removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of one of the cornersof the cross ing, showing the arrangement of the anglearm plates forstrengthening the rails where cut away.

In constructing the crossing I use for the foundation, as it were, tworails, A A, of sufficient length to permit of notching the heads at thegagewidth B of the track that is to cross it and reach outside ot it ateither side, enough to permit ofthe solid bent rail cornerstrengtheningpieces C and the sh-plates of the adjoining trackD being fastened tothem. These two rails I use for the track that has the greatest serviceover it. After notching at B these two rails, I provide wrought-ironanglearm plates'E, with the arms F projecting outwardly from them. Theseangle-arm plates E are sufficiently long to reach across the cut throughthe head of the rails, and are firmly riveted or bolted through the webG, thereby restoring as far as possible the loss of strength kofmaterial by the cutting away ofthe head of the rail to permitof thepassage of the flanges of the wheels, and at the same time furnishing anangle-arm, F, to rivet or bolt to the interto the proper gage, Istrengthen the structure by adding at the outside corners, las shown,

strengthening-angles (l or J, or both, formed from the same-sized railas the body of the crossing itself, and I likewise form insidecontinuous guard and additional strengthening angles, K, also formedfrom the same-sized rail, bent at two corners and joined at the twoothers by strengthening-plates L, the whole system ot' rails being heldapart, where necessary, by spacing-blocks M and bolted through theseveral sections of rails, as shown. Where necessary to protect thethroat or the openings into the crossings that are not guarded by bendedcorner rails, I use short guards that are spaced away from the mainrails and bolted to the spacing-blocks.

The object of this invention is to provide a stronger and more durablecrossing without the use ot' the base-plates frequently used, andthereby furnish through the additional strengthening-corners, inside aswell as outside, a sudiciently broad bearing to enable the crossing tobe laid on the ordinary ties, in-

stead of the large and expensive timbers required in many cases, and,besides, making the crossing a more elastic portion of the road-bed thancan be done with the use of plates under it.

It is obvious that different-sized rails from those used for the maintracks might be used; but the same size is preferable.

I have shown my improvement as applied to a right-angle crossing. It isobvious that it is equally adapted to any other required angle.

Having described myinvention,whatIclaim 1s l. A railroad-crossingconstructed of two rails of a length greater than the gage of theintersecting track, Vand having notches cut through the heads of saidrails to permit the passage of the ianges of the wheels on saidintersecting track, said rails being strengthened by angle-arm platesreaching by said notches on either one or both sides of said railssufciently to permit their being riveted or bolted to the webs of thesaid rails, substantially as specified.

2. A railroad-crossing constructed of two main rails notched through theheads to the gage of the track that is to cross it, and having itsintersecting rails swaged upward, so that their bases shall rest on thetop of the IOO flanges of the main rails, substantiallyas specitheirheads to the gage ot' said intersecting I5 fied. l track, and having itsinside and outside cor- 3. A railroad-crossingr constructed of two nersstrengthened bysolidly-bent cornersfrom main rails notched through theheads to the the same material as the body of the crossing,

5 gage of the track that is to cross it, each of said said strengtheningcorners also acting as rails having a strengthening-plate on one orguards, substantially as specified. zo both sides thereof at each notch,said plate In testimony wh'ereof Ihave hereunto set my having anarm-plate attached thereto and prohand in the presence of twosubscribing witjecting therefrom at the required angle, to n esses.

1o which the intersecting rail is riveted or bolted substantially asspecified. 7 FREDRH WEI' 4. A railroad-crossing constructed of twoWitnesses: main rails of a length greater than the gage of EUGENE L.FIRNKoEss, the intersecting track, and notched through F. W'. BROWNE.

